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Bernardo Kastrup and Shinzen Young on Mysticism and Science
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This is an exploration between Shinzen Young and Bernardo Kastrup on mysticism, science, and liberation. Shinzen Young is a mindfulness teacher, the author of the Science of Enlightenment, and is the co-director of the SEMA lab at the University of Arizona. Bernardo Kastrup is an analytic philosopher, computer engineer, metaphysical idealist, and executive director of the Essentia Foundation.
Essentia Foundation: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/
Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:46 Can philosophy, science, and mysticism align?
7:39 What does liberation consist of?
11:38 Bernardo’s path to insight
17:43 The paradox of cultivated improvement vs. nothing to improve
31:16 Blocking ourselves from life’s teaching
36:01 Did Spinoza have mystical experience?
48:58 The truth is not vulnerable
51:29 Training people in the spirit of science
1:06:59 Reflecting on Bernardo’s insight